Adam gained his wings on the morning of December 20, 2019. He is survived by his two daughters, Natalie and Ellaina (age 11 and 5); his wife, Tanya; three step daughters; his children’s mother, Nikki; his siblings, Amanda, Alex, and Aidan; his step brother, Constantine; his parents, Alex Heffron, Roxanne and Kenny Dunaway; and his niece and nephew, Michael and Edaylnn (Age 4 and 2).
Adam was born in Virginia Beach, VA at Virginia Beach General and came into this world screaming, literally, ask our Mom. She loves telling that story of her little blue-eyed prince. He lived in several states, growing up as a military brat before coming home to Virginia Beach in December 1999.
Growing up, Adam had a knack for finding mischief! If he didn't find it, he made it. He was so playful and completely goofy at times. He and his sister would get into all kinds of situations that had their parents going gray before 35. (Mostly him because his sister was a perfect angel wink, wink). Of course, after his brothers were born, he’d drag them into his mischief as well. Believe me when I say, there are many exciting stories to tell! No matter any of their sibling’s differences, which goes along with every sibling relationship on Earth, they loved one another dearly.
He always had a huge sense of adventure and spontaneity. Adam was very passionate for the beauty of life and all that comes with it. He loved the world around him. The beauty of nature. He enjoyed traveling and indulging in God's gift of earth and its natural beauty; especially the beach, river, mountains and the galaxy above. You could find him at the beach front more than often or helping to plan the next camping trip with his siblings and dad. He experienced becoming "one" with the rivers during white water rafting with his family. What he gained most and held so dear to his heart, was the quality time he spent with everyone on those trips. Most people didn’t know but he was so sentimental.
He immensely loved the gift of music and all its elements. Music was his soul, passion and escape. He was always blasting his siblings out of the car or house with heavy metal, blaring as loud as he could make it without the neighbors calling the cops; though, the cops still got called. When he couldn't find the words to express his feelings and thoughts, he translated it through music. He was artistic, poetic and had a musical talent of singing. Though he loved to sing loud and proud to metal music, he also sang with a soft melodious voice. He sang beautiful lullabies in which his favorite to sing to his girls was "You Are My Sunshine."
He shared his love of outdoors and music with his children, who were the greatest joys of his life. He took so much pride in being a father and loved them more than anything in this lifetime. They knew this and they felt it. Among all the other things he was passionate about, cooking was another. He loved to cook with the girls; his specialty was Eggs Benedict, his favorite as a child. He shared this memory with his dad, Alex. Eggs Benedict has become his daughter's fav, and in her words "Only Daddy can make the best!!" He spoiled his girls with all the good things in life including the best candies and snacks. They had to have juice too! He always made sure to make time for them and to be a part of everything that mattered. Every special occasion. All he ever wanted was for them to have everything he thought he lacked growing up. But most importantly, he wanted them to be happy and to always know how loved they were.
His children wanted to add their words as well. Adam will always be remembered for his big, squeezing, humongous, and warm bear hugs. He was so much fun and funny and made them laugh all the time. He was the best daddy ever. He loved to cuddle, and Natalie would like to add that he always comforted her and that he always knew what to say to make her feel better. Ellaina loved to eat sandwiches with daddy. They both went on to say that he was the bravest person they knew and that he was insanely good at playing video games!
Adam and his wife shared the same love and passion for music and nature. They were each other’s calm and storm. Along with their passion and love for music, they were very much feelers. She can vividly remember them blaring music with each other that spoke to their hearts and shot those bolts of electricity through their bodies and they would close their eyes, hold each other’s hands, and just shut out the world for just a moment. Adam lived in those moments with all of us and truly feeling those great times that he shared with each one of you. He was the yin to her yang, and when he told stories of these intense moments, you couldn’t help but feel it too.... She’d like to add that his love for the dark and horror was unmatched and second to none. A Gomez (from Addams family) if you will in today’s world.
We all have a new reality to live and we all will need to learn who we are without him in our lives. His death will change everyone he ever touched in this world. He left behind a legacy in his children and niece and nephew. We have the miracle of watching them grow into beautiful adults. We may not know how to navigate this new world yet and we still may get lost in grief, but we are not alone and we will do this together.
We will leave you with one of Adam’s last posts “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them. In my own times of disbelief or peril on any aspect of my life. It only create(d) sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
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